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October 29, 2010
October 29, 2010
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
Photograph by Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Lightning veins the Eyjafjallajökull volcano's ash plume, which roiled air travel this spring. Such "dirty thunderstorms" may occur when rock and ice particles loosed by exploding magma collide in the atmosphere.
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